public class TelerikDateFormatWorkaround{ public CultureInfo CultureWithSwissFormat { //Hack to get around the fact that there is no custom date format in the Telerik DatePicker //http://www.telerik.com/community/forums/wpf/datepicker/changing-dateformat.aspx get { var tempCultureInfo = (CultureInfo)CultureInfo.CurrentCulture.Clone(); tempCultureInfo.DateTimeFormat.ShortDatePattern = "dd.MM.yyyy"; return tempCultureInfo; } }}